As always, the night is dark, but the light bulb is still lit in the slightly stunned room of the presidential palace.

Sitting in the office, Zhao Bei is studying the tactics of the Air Force with several commanders of the Air Force, because Xiuyan has been conquered by the squadron, and there is no need for a large-scale air attack in the direction of Lushun, therefore, it is now necessary to transfer the main direction of attack of the Air Force to the Gaiping battlefield to clear the obstacles for the attack of the 6th Army, as for the Dengzhou airfield, only a small number of bombers and fighter units will be left.

Now, what Zhao Bei and the air force commanders are discussing is the transfer of the Dengzhou air force unit to Jinzhou Airport, leaving Jinzhou. The bomber units of the Air Force had enough range to directly attack the Japanese troops across the sea.

Among the air force commanders present, Su Shiyu, chief of staff of the Air Force Task Force, has the highest military rank, and he arrived at Nanyuan Airport by plane this afternoon. He was accompanied by several junior commanders of fighter and bomber units, all of whom had participated in the air raid on Arthur and were well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the air force's tactics.

After the first air raid on Lushun. After all, this is the first time that an air assault of this scale has been carried out, and there is no ready-made experience to draw on, so it can only explore in actual combat, sum up experience and teaching, and revise tactical standards.

Although Zhao Bei is very confident in the strategy of the Air Force, he can only rely on these grassroots officers to explore the specific tactics of the Air Force; after all, theory is just theory, and turning theory into practice is the task of the officers and men at the grassroots level of the Air Force, and it is precisely for this reason. When Zhao Bei learned that Su Shiyu had led the commander of the air force who was about to transfer to Jinzhou, he met them at the first time, and it was already evening, and this talk talked about it now, it was half past nine in the middle of the night, and everyone was still unsatisfied, and there was no intention of dispersing the meeting at all.

Once Jiang Dengxuan leaves the Dengzhou Air Base, the Dengzhou Air Force will be under Su Shiyu's full command, and he will command the Dengzhou Air Force to continue to harass and reconnoiter the Japanese troops in Lushun in accordance with the operational plan of the General Staff.

As a matter of fact, just this afternoon, before Su Shiyu and his team arrived at Beijing's Nanyuan Airport, the first batch of transfer planes of the Dengzhou Air Force Task Force had already flown to Jinzhou Airport, and when the overhaul was completed, these planes would be able to quickly launch an air offensive against the Japanese troops in Gaiping.

Now the air force is relatively strong. However, there are too many directions to juggle, and there is a feeling of being overstretched for a while, so at present, this kind of transition can only be adopted to achieve absolute superiority in air power in key directions.

"Please rest assured that the Air Force will live up to the trust of the center. As long as the logistics can keep up. Our air force can completely handle the enemy forces in the direction of Gaiping, without the intervention of the 6th Army. ”

Su Shiyu is now full of confidence. The words that come out are inevitably a little unsightly.

"Chief of Staff Su, don't talk too much, although the Air Force can rely on absolute air superiority to deal a heavy blow to the enemy, but at present, it is still the 6th Army that can finally dominate the battlefield. Your Air Force don't look down on the 6th Army Buns. If the 6th Army cannot seize the initiative on the battlefield, no matter how powerful your air force is, it will be useless. ”

Zhao Bei poured a scoop of cold water on the other party at the right time, knocking and knocking, he didn't want to have the idea of underestimating the enemy in his air force units, although history will eventually prove that the air force will eventually dominate the battlefield, but at least now, limited by technology, the strategic and tactical value of the air force is only reflected in the cooperation with the 6 armies and the navy in combat, and it is far from being unsightly.

"What the president taught was that the ministry wrote it down." Su Shiyu nodded.

Zhao Bei changed his words and said: "According to the intelligence from the submarine unit of the Navy and the information obtained from special channels, now the Japanese government has decided to increase the number of troops on a large scale, and the fleet transporting reinforcements has set sail. Although the General Staff believes that the most likely location for the Japanese reinforcements to ascend to the 6th is in Liaodong Banwu, but we must not take the Shandong direction lightly, after all, there are lessons from the First Sino-Japanese War, although the possibility of the Japanese army in Shandong 6 is very high, but you must not be careless. The reconnaissance mission must not be relaxed, and the air raid on Lushun must also be well planned, and the attention of the Japanese troops must be concentrated in the direction of Lushun

Speaking of which, Zhao Bei raised his eyes and saw a figure at the door of the office, it was Li Fuhe, the director of the chamberlain, these days, Li Suhe also behaved very hard, when the president got off work, he would get off work whenever he wanted, but usually he did not undertake the liaison task, unless it was something important, otherwise he would not appear outside the president's office so suddenly.

It just so happened that the tactical seminar was almost underway, and Zhao Bei waved his hand and announced the dismissal of the meeting.

Su Shiyu took the air force commanders to say goodbye and leave. Then, Li Bianhe walked into the office, holding a few telegram transcripts in his hands.

"Please take a look at the president, this is a coded telegram from Tianjin, and it is a condition for peace talks between the Japanese side and the peace negotiators who have been in contact with the Japanese side

Sure enough, as Zhao Bei expected, Li Fanhe is now directly presiding over the contact with the peace negotiators of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, and it is Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang's immediate superiors, and it is difficult to say that after the telegram is pointed, he will ask for the sixth president of the drought newspaper at the first time Although the telegram was jointly photographed by Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang, the people who drafted the telegram were not the two businessmen, but the accompanying staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who were responsible for assisting Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang in holding talks with the Japanese side. and develop strategies and tactics for talks.

Zhao Bei took the telegram copy, looked at it a few times, and there was a slight sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Sure enough, dogs can't change eating, and pigs can't change hum! It was clear that Japan was left behind in the war. But now they are still bluffing with us, making so many demands as if they had defeated us. ”

No wonder Zhao Bei felt funny, among the preconditions for the peace talks put forward by the Japanese peace talks, there were completely unacceptable conditions such as "withdrawing all the northeast garrisons, ceding Fujian, ceding Hainan Island, and transferring the Daye iron ore to Japanese businessmen." If he had not known the details of Japan in his heart, Zhao Bei would probably have thought that the front-line troops were lying about their achievements.

"What do you think of these conditions for peace talks proposed by Japan?" Zhao Bei put the telegram on the table and asked Li Zahe.

Li Bianhe hesitated for a moment, and then said: "According to the opinion of the Ministry of Duties, I am afraid that the Japanese do not have much sincerity in peace talks, or it is just the wishful thinking of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, not the intention of the Japanese government.

Now it is clear that our army has the upper hand on the battlefield, but the fact that the Japanese side has put forward such excessive conditions for peace talks shows that the Japanese side has no sincerity in the peace talks at all, and that the central authorities simply withdrew our representatives for the peace talks to show that they will never compromise. ”

"Withdrawn? Withdraw now? ”

Zhao Bei saw Li Suhe nodding, so he smiled and said, "Do you know what the highest level of the art of war is?" ”

Li Zanhe thought for a moment, then shook his head.

The highest level of the art of war is "a soldier who surrenders without a fight" Fighting a war is a helpless choice when we are forced to turn into a difficult situation, if we can get what we want through negotiations. Well, there is no doubt that negotiations should continue. I think. The Japanese Government does now have the idea of negotiations, but it is not possible for the Japanese military department to come forward directly because of the opposition of the Japanese military department, so the Japanese Government not only instructed the Japanese Chamber of Commerce to come forward to make contact with our side for peace talks, but also put forward such harsh conditions for the peace talks from the very beginning, and this purpose was mainly for the sake of showing the Japanese military department and also trying to blackmail our side. The reason why I have drawn up the "21 Conditions for Peace Talks" is to achieve this purpose, and now it seems that my strategy is correct, and the conditions for peace talks put forward by our side are also very harsh, but the Japanese representatives for peace talks have not brushed their sleeves away. This shows that the Japanese side is eager to seek peace, and perhaps they are only a counterattack to our conditions when they put forward such harsh conditions for peace talks. ”

Zhao Bei analyzed, and Li Yuhe nodded again and again. looks like he is taught, but he is completely unsure of Zhao Bei's thoughts.

The main purpose of Zhao Bei's proposal of the "21 Conditions for Peace Talks" was to humiliate the Japanese government, because the infamous "Twenty-one Articles" in history was proposed by the Japanese government to the Beiyang government at that time, and its purpose was to destroy China, and the time it was proposed was during the First World War, and the treaty completely treated Fengguo as a Japanese colony, but at that time, the war broke out in Europe, the great powers had no time to look eastward, and Yuan Shikai was anxious to become the emperor. Most of the provisions of the Twenty-One Articles, and the humiliating treaty that later enabled Japan to easily expand its privileges in China, played a crucial role.

But now the situation is different: first. The war in Europe did not break out, and the great powers seemed to be still concerned about the Far East; Second, the Beiyang clique has collapsed, and now Zhao Bei is in power, and it is absolutely impossible for Japan to propose the "Twenty-one Articles".

So, Zhao Bei took out his "Twenty-one Articles" at the right time, humiliating the Japanese government is one thing. However, if Japan can be subdued by using these terms of peace talks, it will be possible to achieve the goal of "surrendering the enemy without a fight."

But now it seems that Japan will not shed tears when it sees the coffin, unless more Japanese troops are annihilated on the battlefield, otherwise, peace will not come automatically after all, in the final analysis, in this era. Whoever has a hard fist will be able to grasp the initiative in diplomacy.

"Send a telegram to the staff of the 6th Army in Jinzhou, asking them to transfer a part of their troops and cross the Yalu River. We pinned down the Japanese troops in the northern part of Korea and notified the Admiralty that they dispatched the "Wild Duck Force" to cooperate with the 6th Army to create the false impression that our army was about to enter the Korean War on a large scale, so that the Japanese could see that we Chinese were not just playing tricks. We have the strength and confidence to safeguard national interests! In addition, tell Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang again, let them live in Tianjin with peace of mind, the Japanese do not go to them, they do not have to take the initiative to find the Japanese, I want to see whether the Japanese are calm, or the Chinese are calm! ”

Zhao Bei gave an order, but he also knew very well in his heart that his strategic focus was always the Liaodong Peninsula, as for the North Korean side, it was just a small flag in the overall strategic situation.

After all, the dignity of a country must be maintained by force.